Plant-protector.



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No. 754,322. PATENTED MAR. 8, 1904. 0. LEIGH.

PLANT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 18, 1903. v N0 MODEL. '2 snnms-snnm 1.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LEIGH, or EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR or oNE-HALFTo ERNSTSEUFER, or EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

PLANT-PROTECTOR- SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No.754,322, dated March A lic tion filed November 18, 1903. ,Serial No.181,699. (F0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES LEIGH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State ofIndiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Plant-Protectors,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in plant-protectors; and the objectis to simplify and improve the existing art by providing a device of thekind named and for thepurposes intended which is of simple construction,efficient in accomplishing protection, durable in use, easily appliedand removed,and which may be stored and packed in-a comparatively smallspace when not in use. I

' The invention embodies two supportingbars formed with depending legsat their ends and pivotally connected at their centers and a flexiblecovering disposed over the supports when extended, all as will behereinafter fully specified and the asserted novelty then particularlypointed out and distinctly claimed.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my improvements in the accompanyingdrawings, to be taken as a partof this specification, and whereinsimilar parts appearing in the several illustrations are designated bylike notations.

7 Reference being had to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe complete device as set up for use, showing two of the textile sidesturned up and back. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the supporting-bars andhorizontal section through the side piece of the canvas covering, thetop piece being removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing the mannerof securing the frame in position. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewshowingthe frame as in folded condition.

A A" designate light metal strips or bars of such length as may bedesired and having their ends turned down at right anglesfas at 1 2, toform vertical supports or legs for the horizontal portions. The barsare'crossed at their middle and there pivotally secured together, sothat they may be swung apart on the pivot and stand at right angles toeach other, as seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings, with the legs set at thecorners of a square. The

frame is set in position by pushing the legs into the ground until theframe stands firm and at the proper height. The cross-bar A being thelower, it is provided at each end with a bracket 3, placed at the sameplane as the upper face of the bar A, so that a board or glass coveringmay be placed on the frame and'rest without shaking or rocking. Over theframe is drawn a textile covering or envelop 4, made with a square topand vertical side pieces, as

shown, corresponding in size to the area of 'the sides and top of thecube formed by the frame when extended, as shown in the drawings. Theenvelop or cover of the frame may be made of two or more sections, whichare fastened to the parts of the frame at the corners by any suitablefastenings strung throughopenings or apertures 5 in the legs of theframe and tied to keep the side pieces, flaps, or aprons in position.

The device is useful either as a shield to protect plants from the frostor from the attack of insect enemies common to vegetation and is alsouseful for promoting the growth of young plants.

To utilize the device as a protective from frost, it is set over theplants, as indicated in Fig. 1, and when utilized for the promotion ofgrowth of the plants the side flaps or pieces of .the textile closureare arranged around the frame and the top piece laid aside and the topcovered with glass or left open, according to circumstances.

Having described my invention, what I claim isi 1. A plant-protectorhaving two cross top bars pivotally connected to each other at theircenters and provided with depending legs at right-angles thereto, thesaid legs'being rigidly attached to the bars and adapted to have theirlower ends inserted in the ground, and a covering for enveloping theframe freely removable from and applicable to the latter,

top bars pivotally connected at their middle In testimony whereofI affixmy signature in and formeddwith lllegs t5) suFpgrt theim, brackpresenceof two witnesses. ets monnte on t e en s 0 t e un er crossbar on a planewith the surface of the upper CHARLES LEIGH 5 cross-bar, and aninclosing textile about the Witnesses:

frame, having a flat top piece to engage the GEO. RUPP, top bars,substantially as described. EDWARD PREGLER.

